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New Delhi: India's wrestling fortunes have largely been shaped by homegrown coaches in the last few years. However, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has now decided to bring in foreign coaches across all the disciplines - freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling. WFI has begun inviting applications from international coaches and many have shown interest. The foreign coaches will be responsible for preparing the national teams for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. They will design and im ...Read More >
PUNE: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Sunday assured that the central government will provide financial assistance to farmers in Maharashtra who have suffered extensive crop losses due to excessive rainfall. Addressing a public function in Pravaranagar in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra, Shah said the Centre "stands firmly with the farming community" and will extend timely compensation once the state government submits its formal damage assessment. "I had a detailed meetin ...Read More >
Mumbai: That familiar Mirabai Chanu smile was back. One that, in the tiny Norwegian town of Forde, passed through three stages in a matter of seconds. The first was when the 48kg competitor managed to successfully lift a 115kg bar from her shoulders to well above it. Out came a tiny affirmative in-the-moment beam, even as she balanced herself and the body shivered from, literally, the weight of a World Championships medal-winning lift. Then, as she flung the bar on the floor, that little smile ...Read More >
New Delhi: Before this match, South Africa were expected to be a tough challenge. They made it to the finals of the most recent ICC events after all. But in their first match at the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025, they were handed a major reality check - a colossal 10-wicket defeat - by England at the Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati on Friday. It was a reality check so strong that it has given them a negative run-rate of 3.22. In what was a stunning collapse, South Africa were bowled out for 69 run ...Read More >
New Delhi: The dog menace in the national capital marked its presence at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships on Friday with three separate incidents being reported from the warm-up area -- barely 50 metres from the competition area -- at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The victims include a security guard, Kenyan sprint coach Dennis Maragia, and Japanese coach Meiko Okumatsu. All three were taken to Safdarjung hospital and were discharged after being administered anti-rabies injections ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: With 327 runs in the day against a toothless West Indies bowling attack, India pushed on to 448/5, extending their lead to 286, with five first innings wickets in hand. The show of strength has placed India on course to end the streak of three straight home defeats (against New Zealand) potentially on the third day itself. Indian batters would have loved a few more people present to celebrate a landmark-laden day. But Ahmedabadis, presumably exhausted after long Garba nights, didn't ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Just after reaching his first home ton in 3,211 days, KL Rahul kissed the crest on his helmet, brushed back his mane of hair, raised his bat to the dressing room and put two fingers in his mouth, a dedication to his six-month old daughter. Celebrating landmarks has become a thing in Indian cricket. Not as swashbuckling as Ravindra Jadeja's sword twirl it may be, but Rahul loves improvising when he feels the time is right. Earlier, he would look to shut out the noise earlier by pluggi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The external affairs ministry on Friday dismissed as "false and baseless" a senior Bangladeshi official's claim that India was involved in violent clashes in the neighbouring country, and said the interim government in Dhaka should instead conduct serious investigations into the activities of local extremists. After violent clashes between two tribal groups and Bengali-speaking people at Khagrachhari district in Chittagong Hill Tracts in southwestern Bangladesh left three people dead ...Read More >
New Delhi: As garbage piled up in the open spaces of Gurugram makes hashtags like #Kudagram trend on social media, a group of frustrated residents, including expats, of posh gated communities, have taken it upon themselves to remove trash from the streets every weekend. In Bengaluru, India's IT hub, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of Biocon and a city resident, renewed the debate about garbage mismanagement with her viral post on X. This March, villagers blocked the garbage trucks from accessi ...Read More >
India and EFTA nations -- Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein -- on March 10 signed the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) with a binding commitment from the bloc for infusion of direct investments of $100 billion into India over 15 years to create 1 million jobs. After completion of legal processes in respective countries, TEPA will be formally operationalized from Wednesday, officials said. TEPA came as some relief to Indian exporters who have been badly hit by 50% addi ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: The special investigation team (SIT) of the Assam Police criminal investigation department (CID) on Wednesday arrested the chief organiser of North East India Festival, Shyamkanu Mahanata, and Siddharth Sharma, the manager of singer Zubeen Garg, in connection with the latter's death in Singapore earlier this month, police said. Officials confirmed that Mahanta was arrested at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Wednesday shortly after he landed from Singapore on an A ...Read More >
Mumbai city (area under BMC jurisdiction) recorded 12,070 property registrations in September against 9,111 units in the same month last year, marking a 32% YoY (year-on-year) increase, it said, pointing out that stamp duty collections touched ₹1,292 crore, up 47% YoY. The rise in registrations was due to the shifting festive calendar. Last year, property activity was subdued during the inauspicious Shraddh period (September 17-October 2, 2024), whereas this year it fell earlier (September 7-21 ...Read More >
PUNE: September has proved to be a game-changer for the city as far as the monsoon is concerned. The city recorded 316.7 mm rainfall in September 2025, which is a staggering 116% above the normal of 146.3 mm. This not only helped offset the rainfall deficits of July and August but also lifted the overall seasonal tally to 849.2 mm; about 33% above normal. The rain in September came after two consecutive deficit months, bringing much-needed relief for agriculture and water reserves. According to ...Read More >
PUNE: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's (AIMIM's) planned rally in Ahilyanagar on Tuesday was abruptly postponed despite police permission, after local authorities imposed stringent conditions in view of recent communal tension in the area. Police had initially cleared the meeting but asked organisers to restrict the gathering to a smaller space, and ensure that no provocative speeches were delivered. AIMIM leaders argued after incidents of lathi-charge and protests on Monday, the ad ...Read More >
PUNE: According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the delayed withdrawal of the southwest monsoon over central India, including Maharashtra, is likely to bring above-normal rainfall to the state in October. However, the actual distribution will depend on the formation of weather systems, officials said. During a virtual press conference addressed by Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of meteorology, IMD, the department issued its monthly probabilistic forecast for rainfall and t ...Read More >
Mumbai: Two more victims of the Kandivali gas-leak fire succumbed to their injuries on Tuesday at the National Burns Centre (NBC), raising the death toll of the incident to 6, leaving only one surviving patient. Officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) confirmed that Janaki Gupta, 39, with 70% burns, and Durga Gupta, 30, with 85-90% burns, were declared dead on Tuesday afternoon. "Both the victims were undergoing treatment in Airoli and could not survive the extent of their i ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has decided to shift the venue of their Dussehra rally from Azad Maidan, which is muck-ridden, to NESCO in Goregaon East. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has chosen to hold its Dussehra rally on Thursday at Shivaji Park, which is also waterlogged due to recent rains. This year's rally is crucial as both parties prepare for a showdown in the upcoming Mumbai civic polls. Speaking at a press conference, Shinde said he had shifted the venue to NESCO, which will only be atten ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that while the overall crime rate reduced in Mumbai between 2022 and 2023, it increased considerably in Pune and Nagpur during the same period. The number of crimes registered in Mumbai dropped from 69,289 in 2022 to 44,873 in 2023, while the other metro cities, Pune (12,542 cases in 2023 from 11,074 in 2022) and Nagpur (17,297 cases in 2023 from 12,889 in 2022) witnessed an upward spiral. Although the data show ...Read More >
Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a comprehensive policy for cancer treatment in Maharashtra, which is expected to significantly increase the number of day-care centers for cancer treatment. A foundation with a corpus of ₹100 crore will be established soon to implement the policy and 18 cancer care hospitals across the state will be placed in three tiers, with the Parel-based Tata Memorial Hospital designated as the apex L1 institute, and 17 other hospitals placed in the L2 and L3 c ...Read More >
PUNE: Manorama Khedkar, mother of dismissed IAS officer Puja Khedkar, secured interim relief from a Belapur court on Tuesday after being booked in connection with a kidnapping and road rage case. She was booked by Rabale police at Chatushrungi police station, Pune, on charges of obstructing officials from entering the Khedkar family's bungalow, where a truck helper was allegedly confined. According to police, Manorama is also accused of tampering with evidence by facilitating the removal of the ...Read More >
Lucknow: A small but significant policy change introduced two decades ago has steadily emerged as a big tool of socio-economic empowerment of women in Uttar Pradesh, where more than 55% of houses and other properties are bought and registered in favour of a female member of families to avail of the stamp duty discount, as per official data. In 2006, the state government allowed a 1% rebate on stamp duty on a property valued up to ₹10 lakh and a maximum benefit of ₹10,000 if the property was pur ...Read More >
RAIPUR: A 16-year-old girl has been detained for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death in a lodge in Raipur district after he refused to marry her, police said on Tuesday. The deceased, in his early 20s, was from Bihar and had been living in Chhattisgarh for some time, an official said. The murder came to light on Monday after the lodge's staff grew suspicious about the locked room and alerted the police. The man was found dead with multiple stab injuries. Even as the police were investig ...Read More >
Guwahati: For a moment, it threatened to be a damp squib, a false start at the World Cup at home. But from the brink of collapse to the comfort of victory, India dodged embarrassed and opened their tournament with a 59-run win. At one point, the situation looked as grim as the rain-laden skies hanging over Barsapara Stadium, with the scoreboard reading 124/6. Then came an unanticipated rescue act -- a 103-run stand off 99 balls that helped India mount a recovery. Amanjot Kaur (57) on World Cup ...Read More >
New Delhi: With Sumit Antil, it was always a matter of when and not if. The two-time Paralympics gold medallist was a gold medal contender coming into the men's javelin F64 final on Tuesday, and the 27-year-old ensured there was no threat to his World Championships crown that he has held since the 2023 edition in Paris. The Indian, who also won a gold at Kobe Worlds last year (69.50m), completed a hat-trick of world titles with a best of 71.37m. The mark also reset his own Championship Record t ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: R Ashwin liked nothing more than solving problems in the middle with the zeal of an obsessed academician. Different angles and approaches would be tried, videos would be studied, the speed would be varied, the trap would be set. And more often than not, he would get his reward. His persistence was unique because it was ever-changing. It made him a tough opponent and one that teams learned to fear, especially when touring India. With left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja giving nothing awa ...Read More >
New Delhi: About 68 lakh deletions and 21.53 lakh additions have been recorded in Bihar's electoral roll as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), leaving the state with about 7.42 crore registered voters. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said the revision, which ran from June 24 to September 30, involved systematic scrutiny of the rolls that began with 7.89 crore names. Around 65 lakh electors were removed by the time the draft roll was published on August 1, and furthe ...Read More >
MUMBAI -India is expected to receive above-average rainfall in October, following above-normal precipitation in September, a senior weather department official said on Tuesday. Above-average rainfall in October could damage summer-sown crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, corn, and pulses, which are nearing harvest. The country is likely to receive above-average rainfall of more than 115% of the 50-year average in October, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of the India Meteorological Dep ...Read More >
Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Super Giant were removed from Asian Champions League 2 for the second successive season after the 136-year-old club pulled out of Tuesday's away tie to Iran's Sepahan citing a lack of safety and security. "In accordance with Article 5.2 of the AFC Champions League Two 2025/26 Competition Regulations, the Asian Football Confederation confirms that India's Mohun Bagan Super Giant are considered to have withdrawn from the AFC Champions League Two 2025/26 competition after the ...Read More >
Greater Noida: A 29-year-old MBBS doctor allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the 21st-floor balcony of a high-rise in Greater Noida on Monday afternoon, police said, adding no suicide note was recovered from the spot, but it was found that he was under psychiatric treatment. Police said the deceased, originally from Mathura, was residing at his sister's home in the Gaur City 2 high-rise in Greater Noida. He had stopped practising since 2023 after being diagnosed with some mental illness, ...Read More >
Greater Noida: A 22-year-old Pilibhit-based man allegedly killed his 21-year-old wife and six-year-old brother-in-law before dying by suicide in Greater Noida's Roza Jalalpur village in Bisrakh on Monday afternoon, police said, adding that in the primarily investigation it was suspected that the incident took place in a "fit of rage" over some dispute. However, the deceased's family members believe that he was under the control of some "supernatural" power, police said. Police said the decease ...Read More >
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